Marcos Martinez Rodriguez

Rosary for Marcos Martinez Rodriguez, 68, of Brownfield and formerly of Abernathy, Texas will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday, January 9, 2012 at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Abernathy. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 10, 2012 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Lubbock, Texas.

Burial will follow in the Abernathy Cemetery under the direction of Abell Funeral Home and Flower Shop of Abernathy, Texas.

Mr. Rodriguez died Friday, January 6, 2012 in Lubbock, Texas. He was born January 6, 1944 in Harlingen, Texas and married Irene Cantu on November 13, 1982 in Lubbock. They had been longtime Abernathy residents and he was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Lubbock, Texas.

He was preceded in death by a son, Jesse Rodriguez in 1981; five brothers; and a sister.

He is survived by his wife, Irene Rodriguez of Brownfield, Texas; six sons, Marcos, Jr. of Littlefield, Texas, Richard and Robert both of Abernathy, Texas, Rey of Lubbock, Texas, Michael of O'Donnell, Texas and Randy James of Beeville, Texas; six daughters, Rosa Linda Martinez of New Braunfels, Texas, San Juanita Campos and Christina Vasquez both of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rose Marie Cano of Killeen, Texas, Rita Marie Martinez of Abernathy, Texas and Ruby Anne Mumpuku of Dallas, Texas; two brothers, Johnny Flores of Lubbock, Texas and Inez Flores of Levelland, Texas; three sisters, Marie Dockery of Lubbock, Texas, Juanita Flores of Oklahoma City, Okla. and Aurelia Martinez of Clinton, Okla.; 32 grandchildren; and 9 great-grandchildren.